diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73048a7bd..f2f4b4b3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Recent Releases
 ================================
 ####Please Note: trunk is current development branch.
 
+####22-Jul-2015 - version 1.3.1 released  
+Fixed - requests state sync during shutdown  
+Fixed - netty-transport-native-epoll is now has a provided scope  
+Fixed - NPE during `BlockingQueue.poll` invocation  
+
 ####04-Jul-2015 - version 1.3.0 released
 Feature - `RQueue.pollLastAndOfferFirstTo` method added  
 Feature - `RObject.rename`, `RObject.renameAsync`, `RObject.renamenx`, `RObject.renamenxAsync` methods added  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d574e84d..59001cd4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
  <groupId>org.redisson</groupId>
  <artifactId>redisson</artifactId>
- <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ <version>1.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
  <name>Redisson</name>
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
   	<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
   	<artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
   	<version>4.0.28.Final</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.1</version>
+          <version>3.5</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>verify</phase>
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10</version>
+          <version>2.15</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>verify</phase>
@@ -227,7 +228,6 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
           <configuration>
-            <includes>src/main/java/org/redisson/</includes>
             <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
             <enableRSS>false</enableRSS>
             <configLocation>/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
index 3e2d52635..6bb24f9c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/BaseConfig.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class BaseConfig<T extends BaseConfig<T>> {
         setRetryInterval(config.getRetryInterval());
         setDatabase(config.getDatabase());
         setTimeout(config.getTimeout());
+        setClientName(config.getClientName());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandBatchExecutorService.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandBatchExecutorService.java
index f351c087f..eca3752e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandBatchExecutorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandBatchExecutorService.java
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ public class CommandBatchExecutorService extends CommandExecutorService {
         if (executed) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Batch already executed!");
         }
+        if (!connectionManager.getShutdownLatch().acquireAmount(commands.size())) {
+            IllegalStateException fail = new IllegalStateException("Redisson is shutdown");
+            for (Entry e : commands.values()) {
+                for (CommandEntry entry : e.getCommands()) {
+                    entry.getCommand().getPromise().setFailure(fail);
+                }
+            }
+            return connectionManager.getGroup().next().newFailedFuture(fail);
+        }
 
         if (commands.isEmpty()) {
             return connectionManager.getGroup().next().newSucceededFuture(null);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandExecutorService.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandExecutorService.java
index 840d2b0e9..d4a3913a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandExecutorService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/CommandExecutorService.java
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ public class CommandExecutorService implements CommandExecutor {
     }
 
     private <R> R async(boolean readOnlyMode, int slot, SyncOperation<R> operation, int attempt) {
+        if (!connectionManager.getShutdownLatch().acquire()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         try {
             RedisConnection connection;
             if (readOnlyMode) {
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ public class CommandExecutorService implements CommandExecutor {
                 attempt++;
                 return async(readOnlyMode, slot, operation, attempt);
             } finally {
+                connectionManager.getShutdownLatch().release();
                 if (readOnlyMode) {
                     connectionManager.releaseRead(slot, connection);
                 } else {
@@ -268,6 +273,11 @@ public class CommandExecutorService implements CommandExecutor {
 
     protected <V, R> void async(final boolean readOnlyMode, final int slot, final MultiDecoder<Object> messageDecoder, final Codec codec, final RedisCommand<V> command,
                             final Object[] params, final Promise<R> mainPromise, final int attempt) {
+        if (!connectionManager.getShutdownLatch().acquire()) {
+            mainPromise.setFailure(new IllegalStateException("Redisson is shutdown"));
+            return;
+        }
+
         final Promise<R> attemptPromise = connectionManager.newPromise();
         final AtomicReference<RedisException> ex = new AtomicReference<RedisException>();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
index cd5580bdd..dae4fb0cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ public class Config {
     /**
      * Activates an unix socket if servers binded to loopback interface.
      * Also used for epoll transport activation.
+     * <b>netty-transport-native-epoll</b> library should be in classpath
      *
      * @param useLinuxNativeEpoll
      * @return
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
index 348efd7de..282458ef8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.client.RedisPubSubListener;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.Codec;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.pubsub.PubSubStatusMessage;
+import org.redisson.misc.InfinitySemaphoreLatch;
 
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
@@ -88,4 +89,7 @@ public interface ConnectionManager {
     EventLoopGroup getGroup();
 
     Timeout newTimeout(TimerTask task, long delay, TimeUnit unit);
+
+    InfinitySemaphoreLatch getShutdownLatch();
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
index b7dcfd87b..cbcd4731c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.redisson.client.RedisPubSubListener;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.Codec;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.pubsub.PubSubStatusMessage;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.pubsub.PubSubStatusMessage.Type;
+import org.redisson.misc.InfinitySemaphoreLatch;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
 
     protected EventLoopGroup group;
 
+
     protected Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass;
 
     protected final ConcurrentMap<String, PubSubConnectionEntry> name2PubSubConnection = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, PubSubConnectionEntry>();
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
 
     protected final NavigableMap<Integer, MasterSlaveEntry> entries = new ConcurrentSkipListMap<Integer, MasterSlaveEntry>();
 
+    private final InfinitySemaphoreLatch shutdownLatch = new InfinitySemaphoreLatch();
+
     MasterSlaveConnectionManager() {
     }
 
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
         return new FutureListener<T>() {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(io.netty.util.concurrent.Future<T> future) throws Exception {
+                shutdownLatch.release();
                 timeout.cancel();
                 releaseWrite(slot, conn);
             }
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
         return new FutureListener<T>() {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(io.netty.util.concurrent.Future<T> future) throws Exception {
+                shutdownLatch.release();
                 timeout.cancel();
                 releaseRead(slot, conn);
             }
@@ -448,6 +454,7 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
 
     @Override
     public void shutdown() {
+        shutdownLatch.closeAndAwaitUninterruptibly();
         for (MasterSlaveEntry entry : entries.values()) {
             entry.shutdown();
         }
@@ -470,4 +477,8 @@ public class MasterSlaveConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
         return timer.newTimeout(task, delay, unit);
     }
 
+    public InfinitySemaphoreLatch getShutdownLatch() {
+        return shutdownLatch;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/InfinitySemaphoreLatch.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/InfinitySemaphoreLatch.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e6e238e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/InfinitySemaphoreLatch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Nikita Koksharov, Nickolay Borbit
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.redisson.misc;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Code parts from Manik Surtani (<a href="mailto:manik@jboss.org">manik@jboss.org</a>)
+ * @author Nikita Koksharov
+ */
+public class InfinitySemaphoreLatch extends AbstractQueuedSynchronizer {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1744280161777661090l;
+
+    volatile boolean closed;
+    AtomicInteger sharedResources = new AtomicInteger();
+
+    // the following states are used in the AQS.
+    private static final int OPEN_STATE = 0;
+
+    public InfinitySemaphoreLatch() {
+        setState(OPEN_STATE);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final int tryAcquireShared(int ignored) {
+        // return 1 if we allow the requestor to proceed, -1 if we want the
+        // requestor to block.
+        return getState() == OPEN_STATE ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean tryReleaseShared(int state) {
+        // used as a mechanism to set the state of the Sync.
+        setState(state);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public final boolean acquireAmount(int amount) {
+        if (closed) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        releaseShared(sharedResources.addAndGet(amount));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public final boolean acquire() {
+        if (closed) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        releaseShared(sharedResources.incrementAndGet());
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public final void release() {
+        // do not use setState() directly since this won't notify parked
+        // threads.
+        releaseShared(sharedResources.decrementAndGet());
+    }
+
+    public boolean isOpened() {
+        return getState() == OPEN_STATE;
+    }
+
+    // waiting for an open state
+    public final boolean closeAndAwaitUninterruptibly() {
+        closed = true;
+        try {
+            return await(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean await(long time, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+        return tryAcquireSharedNanos(1, unit.toNanos(time)); // the 1 is a dummy
+                                                             // value that is
+                                                             // not used.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        int s = getState();
+        String q = hasQueuedThreads() ? "non" : "";
+        return "ReclosableLatch [State = " + s + ", " + q + "empty queue]";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/ReclosableLatch.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/ReclosableLatch.java
index 7557190a3..a7d165cf9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/ReclosableLatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/misc/ReclosableLatch.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class ReclosableLatch extends AbstractQueuedSynchronizer {
       return getState() == OPEN_STATE;
    }
 
+   // waiting for an open state
    public final void await() throws InterruptedException {
       acquireSharedInterruptibly(1); // the 1 is a dummy value that is not used.
    }